Roland FP-7 Digital Piano

Continuing with the FP series, the FP- 7 is the latest in digital piano to come from Roland keyboards. Rolen has decided to roll out the FP-7 due to the popularity of previous models.

Roland FP-7 feels very solid and is well constructed much like its pre-assessorsbut weighs in at approximately 80 pounds which unfortunately makes itdifficult to lug around.

You will definitely need a solid stand for this keyboard. The FP-7 is aesthetically pleasing to look at that is encased in a very slim package featuring a black deck with silver button trim. Although the sparse number of controls give the appearance of a simple keyboard, don't be fooled, under its skin lies a fairly complex and comprehensive system of controls.

The FP-7comes bundled with Sonar LE, a well-known sequencing software package. This lite version from Sonar is powerful enough to make your keyboard sing. Equipped with stereo speakers keyboard punches out fairly decent sounds. It also has twin headphone jacks which is perfect for teaching. The keyboard itself features a graded hammer key action which is responsive to the lightest touch.

A sustain foot pedal would have to damper action provides a musician with simulated piano style playability. An initial startup I noticed the sound bank is organized according to instrument type.

There are basically seven instrument banks featuring piano, which by the way sounds very good, electric piano strings and the usual assortment of instruments complete with two sets of organ sounds. Several church organ, gospel, jazz are just a few the organ sounds that are available.

The sounds can be enhanced with with 2 rotary speaker overlays much like a vintage Leslies of the vintage 1960s and 1970s. The keyboard is designed to facilitate playing with its featured chord progressions rhythms section. The keyboard is quite rugged for the traveling musician.

At a cost of approximately $1,599 USD, the keyboard is not cheap. If if this piano is beyond your budget you may want to look at the FP-4 which retails for approximately $1,299 USD. See also:Roland keyboards